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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



STORIES 



OF THE 



United States 



FOR 



YOUNGEST READERS 



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ANNA CHASE DAVIS 

Principal of the Hamilton Hall School, Salem, Mass. 



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Copyrighted 

By ANNA CHASE DAVIS. 

1896. 



PREFACE. 

These simple lessons in history have been prepared for 
those children who are too young to take up the real study 
of history. The intent is to awaken in very young minds an 
interest in the leading events of our country, with the belief 
that they will the more eagerly approach the deeper study of 
the subject later. 

The author has begun with the Indian period. In con- 
nection with the study of this interesting people, teachers 
will find the reading of " Hiawatha " very helpful. Children 
of seven and eight years of age will take very great pleasure 
in making sketches illustrating here and there incidents in 
the poem. 

A chapter on the Norsemen comes before that of the 
discovery by Columbus. More interest, the author thinks, 
should be aroused concerning the brave sailors who came 
before the Genoese discoverer. In this connection the 
teacher should read to her children about Lief Ericson and 
his voyage along our shores. 

The author trusts that this simple reading book may be 
acceptable to the many teachers who have been seeking in 
vain, as she has, to find something in its line within the grasp 
of very young minds. 

A. C. D. 



My Country, 'tis of thee, 

Sweet Land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing \ 

Land where my fathers died, 

Land of the Pilgrim's pride, 

From every mountain side 

Let Freedom ring." 



CONTENTS. 

Page 
Life among the Indians .......... 7 

The Norsemen 23 

Coming of Columbus 27 

Americus Vespucius and Balboa . 49 

Sir Francis Drake . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

Sir Walter Raleigh 59 

Captain John Smith and Virginia . . . . . . . .63 

The Pilgrims ........... 73 

The First Thanksgiving Day . . . . . . . . .81 

Settlement of Salem .......... 85 

Salem Witchcraft 95 

Marblehead . 99 

The Quakers .107 

The Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . nc 

French and Indian War .......... 131 

George Washington . . . . . . . . . .139 

Revolutionary War .......... 153 

War of 1 81 2 177 

Abraham Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . .183 

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FOR YOUNGEST READERS, 



LESSON I. 

When the white men came to New 
England they found Indians here. 

We do not know how long they 
had lived here. 

There were a great many of them. 

They were Red Men. 

They were fierce and cruel. 

They lived in wigwams. 



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The wigwams were made of long 
poles, which met at the top. 

They were covered with skins or 
mats. 

A hole was left in the top, so that 
the smoke could go out. 

The Indian women were called 
squaws. 

The squaws sometimes lined the 
wigwams with mats. 

These wigwams were snug and 
warm. 

There were two low doors. 

The Indians had to stoop to go 
inside. 



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They hung a mat over the doorways 
to keep the wind out. 




Indians liked to move about from 
place to place. 

They could take the wigwams down, 




RED MEN. 



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and carry them wherever they went. 

You could not carry your home 
around with you, could you? 

In the winter they went where it 
was sheltered. 




In the spring they moved near the 
corn-fields, and stayed through the 
summer. 

In the autumn they moved to the 
hunting-grounds. 




INDIAN SQUAW. 




INDIAN UTENSILS. 



LESSON II 



The squaws did all the hard work. 

The men cut the poles for the 
wigwams. 

When they moved, the squaws had 
to carry packs on their backs. 

They all slept on mats on the floor. 

They kept a fire burning all night. 

They had no chairs nor tables. 



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They sat on the ground. 

The Indians had a few pots, baskets, 
and wooden dishes. 

Their clothes were made of the 
skins of beasts 




The squaws made them, and used 
the sinews of the deer for thread. 

Their needles were made from 
thorns. 

The Indians used a great many 
feathers and beads. 



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They dyed them in bright colors 
to make them look gay. 

Their shoes and stockings were 
made of deer skins. 

Their shoes were called moccasins. 




INDIAN HOE. 



The men painted their faces. 
The squaws did all the planting. 
Corn was the chief food of the 
Indians. 

They had no ploughs. 



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The squaw dug a hole in the ground 
with a hoe made of a big clam shell. 

She fastened a handle on it of wood. 

She dropped the corn or beans into 
the hole. 

She put in a fish for manure; then 
she covered it up with earth. 

The warm sun and soft rain soon 
made the corn or beans £row. 

When the corn was ripe the squaws 
gathered it. 

It was piled in round heaps to dry. 




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CORN STACKS. 



LESSON III. 

The squaws made hominy out of 
the corn. 

They pounded it in a mortar. 

When the men went off to hunt, they 
carried some in a basket on their backs. 

The squaws roasted the meat on 
sticks before the fire. 

They dug clams and baked them. 

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The Indian had no cows; so the 
children could have no milk. 
There were no schools. 




The children could not learn to read 
or write as you do. 

The boys learned to fish and hunt 
and build canoes. 

The canoes were their boats. 



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They made them of chestnut, pine, 
or oak. 

Sometimes they made them of birch- 
bark. 




The babies were called papooses. 
They were strapped in a cradle. 
They were kept there about two 
years. 



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Then they were strong enough to 
run about. 

The cradle was lined with skins. 

Sometimes the squaw hung the 
cradle upon a tree. 

The winds would rock the baby to 
sleep. 

The mother carried the papoose on 
her back when she traveled. 

The little Indian girls had to learn 
to work. 

This seems hard, doesn't it? 

The children had their games, too. 

They made "mud pies'' just as you 
do. 



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The Indian money was called 
wampum. 

It was made of shells. 

They were strung on deer sinews. 

The Indians loved their children. 

They could be cruel in time of war. 

They fought with hows, arrows and 
tomahawks. 

The bows were strung with deer 
sinews. 

The arrows were pointed with sharp 
bone or flint. 

The tomahawk was shaped like an 
axe. 

Have vou ever seen a tomahawk? 




STATUE OF ERICSON, BOSTON. 




LESSON IV. 

The first white men who came to 
this country were Norsemen. 

They were called Vikings. 

Their leader's name was Lief 
Ericson. 

There is a statue of him in Boston. 

The Norsemen came from Norway 
to Greenland a great many years ago. 

Afterward they went to the coast of 
New England. 



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They came in the autumn. 

They called the place where they 
landed Vineland, because they found 
grapes there. 

We do not know just where it was. 

Some people think they came to 
Newport in Rhode Island. 

The Norsemen stayed all winter. 

They went home in the spring. 

Others came, but they did not stay 
long. 

They had trouble with the Indians. 



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LESSON V. 

Sometime after the visit of the 
Norsemen to America, a baby boy was 
born in Genoa, Italy. 

When he grew to be a man he was 
to cross the great ocean. 

He was to find the new world across 
the sea. 

His name was Christopher Colum- 
bus. 



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BUSr OF COLUMRUS, CAPITOL, ROME. 



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When he was a little boy he played 
on the wharves in Genoa. 

He watched the great ships come in. 

He listened to the stories the sailors 
told him. 

He learned much about other 
countries. 

4 T shall be a sailor some day/' he 
said to his mamma. 

He could hardly wait to be a man. 

Columbus' father and mother were 
poor. 

They tried to give their son a good 
education. 

He learned to read and write. 




STATUE OF COLUMBUS, BOSTON. 



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He liked to study arithmetic, draw- 
ing, and geography. 

He liked to read stories about other 
countries. 

Sometime you may see a statue of 
Columbus. 

It is in Boston. 

There is a globe beside him 

He is pointing to America upon it. 

When he was fourteen he went to 
the East Indies. 

When he was a man he went to 
Lisbon in Portugal. 




COLUMBUS LEAVING SPAIN. 



LESSON VI. 

Some people at this time thought 
the earth was flat. 

Columbus thought it was round. 

A good many men thought he was 
crazy. 



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They laughed at him. 

Columbus had studied and thought 
so much about it, he felt quite sure the 
earth was round. 

At last he went to Spain. 

He took his little boy, Diego, with 
him. 

One day the King and Queen of 
Spain sent for him. 

They wanted to hear about his plans 
for finding this new country. 

Columbus told them his story. 

It was like a strange dream. 

Still they could not believe that the 
earth was round. 




STATUE OF COLUMBUS. 



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At last, the good Queen Isabella 
said she would send him to find this 
new country. 




THE SHIPS OF COLUMBUS. 



She would even sell her jewels, if 
she must, to get the money. 

She fitted out three ships for 
Columbus. 



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They were the Santa Maria, the 
Pinta, and the Nina. 

They were not like our ships that we 
have to-day. 

They were small, and not very safe. 

They sailed from Spain, August 3, 
1492. 

The sailors were afraid to go so far 
from home. 

At last they wanted to go back. 

They said they would throw 
Columbus overboard if he did not 
turn back. 

Columbus told them that if he did 




COLUMBUS ON THE DECK OF THE SANTA MARIA. 



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not see land in three days, he would 
ao back home. 

Soon they saw birds flying about. 

A piece of a tree floated by. 

At last they saw land. 

Soon they landed upon an island. 

It was one of the Bahama Islands. 

Columbus set up the Spanish flag. 

That was to show that the island 
belonged to Spam. 








LANDING OF COLUMBUS (FROM AN OLD PRINT.) 



LESSON VII. 

The Indians lived here when 
Columbus came, you know. 

When they saw the ships sailing 
along, they were frightened. 

They thought they were big birds. 

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They ran clown to the shore to see 
them. 

They danced and screamed. 




\\ hen the white men landed, the 
Indians ran into the woods. 

After a while they came hack. 



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They said, in Indian language, 
"Welcome, white men!" 

Columbus was kind to them. 

He gave them pretty heads and 
other things. 

The Indians gave Columbus some 
gold ornaments. 

Thev showed him where to find 



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When Columbus went back to Spain 
he took some Indians with him. 

The King and Queen of Spain were 
very proud of him. 

Thev called him " Don," and let 
him ride beside them. 



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Columbus soon after made a second 
voyage. 

He had more ships this time. 

He took some good men to teach 
the Indians. 

The Spaniards were not kind to the 
Indians. 

They wanted to make slaves of them. 

They made them work hard. 

The Spaniards, also, began to be 
unkind to Columbus. 

They were jealous of him because 
he found this new country. 

They put him in chains and sent 
him back to Spain. 



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That was not right. 
After a time they let him come out 
of prison. 




DEATH OF COLUMBUS. 



He died May 20, 1506, a poor man. 
After a good many years his body 



was taken to San Domingo, 




REl'RODUCTION OF THE SANTA MARIA AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO. 

(COPYRIGHTED l8y3, II. C. PEABODY, BY PERMISSION.) 



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The Spanish people have put up a 
monument for him. 

It was through Columbus that our 
own dear country was found. 

He never knew how much good he 
did. 

dlie World's Fair was in memory 
of Columbus. 

It was held in Chicago in the sum- 
mer of 1 893. 




STATUE OF AMERICUS VESPUCIUS, (PORTICO OF THE UFFIZI.J 



LESSON VIII. 

This new country was not named 
for Columbus. 

It was named for another discoverer; 
and his name was Americus Vespu- 
cius. 

He came to this country in 1497. 

His home was in Florence, Italy. 

He sailed over to this country, and 
along the coast for some distance. 

He studied the stars, climate and 
soil. 



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It grew very cold, for they were 
sailing toward the North. 

The nights were very long. 

The sailors were afraid. 

They thought they would freeze. 

They begged to go home. 

Then Americus Vespucius decided 
to sail back to Florence. 

He told everyone of the wonderful 
things he had seen. 

All Europe was talking about him. 

At last they named this country 
America. 

It was too bad Columbus could not 
have had this honor. 



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In 15 13, a Spaniard named Balboa 
was in Central America. 

The Indians told him of another sea 
beyond the mountains. 

He started out with his men and 
an Indian guide to find it. 

He came to a high mountain. 

He went up alone to the top of it. 

He wanted to be the first to see this 
new ocean. 

Balboa was the first man from 
Europe to see this great sight. 

He called his men, and they thanked 
God together. 

Then Balboa took possession of this 
ocean in the name of his King. 




SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. 




LESSON IX. 

England sent over some discoverers 
to the new world. 

One of them was Sir Francis Drake. 

He sailed around Cape Horn. 

He had five ships. 

One was named the Golden Hind. 

Sir Francis Drake sailed along the 
coast and landed several times. 

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Some of his men took some bars of 
silver from the Spaniards. 

Sir Francis thought he could find a 
passage to the North-west. 

He wanted to go home that way. 

It grew very cold and he had to 
turn back. 

He was afraid to return around 
Cape Horn. 

The Spaniards might attack them. 

They went west through the Indian 
Ocean. 

At last, after three years, he sailed 
into Plymouth harbor, England. 



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The Golden Hind was the only 
ship that was left. 

Sir Francis was the first white man 
to sail around the world. 

The church bells were rung, and 
there was great rejoicing. 

Guns were fired and the people 
cheered. 

Queen Elizabeth made Sir Francis 
Drake a knight. 

A chair was made from the pieces 
of the ship. 

It is now in the University of Oxford. 







SIR WALTER RALEJCH. 




LESSON X. 

Sir Walter Raleigh was another 
brave Englishman who came to this 
country. 

He fought the Spaniards in a battle 
at sea. 

The Spaniards blew up their vessels 
so that the English could not get them. 

Spain was never so powerful again. 

Queen Elizabeth was very proud of 
her brave knight. 



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QUEEN ELIZABETH. 



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He was a great favorite of hers. 

All England was proud of him, too. 

About this time the good Queen 
died. 

James of Scotland became King. 

He was jealous of Sir Walter 
Raleigh. 

He hated him and did all that he 
could to injure him. 

At last he put him in prison. 

Later he was beheaded. 

It was very unkind of King James, 
and a sad storv. 




KUINS AT JAMEbTuWN. 



LESSON XL 

Several years after this some good 
men wanted to come from England to 
this country to live. 

The king gave his consent, and they 
started. 

Thev landed on the coast of Vir- 



ginia. 



There was a river there, and they 
called it the James river, after King 
James. 

They called the town Jamestown. 

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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 



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There was a very good man with 
them. 

His name was John Smith. 

One day he went up the river for a 
little trip in his boat. 

He took one man with him. 

He wanted to see what kind of a 
country it was. 

When they had gone some little 
distance up the river, they landed. 

Smith left the man with the boat. 

He wanted to walk a little way 
alone. 

The Indians were watching them. 



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After Smith had gone they seized 
his boat. 

They scalped the man he had left 
there. 

Then they started to find Smith. 

When they came up to him he 
fought them. 

At last they captured him. 

They took him to the camp. 

Smith had a compass in his pocket. 

He showed it to the Indians. 

He told them how the needle always 
pointed North. 

They were so interested that they 
did not kill Smith at once. 



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They finally decided not to wait any 
longer. 

His life was saved in a strange way. 




A COMPASS. 




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POCAHONTAS SAVES CAPTAIN SMTTH S LIFE. 




LESSON XII. 

Smith was bound hand and foot. 

He was brought out to be killed. 

He had to lie down and put his 
head on the trunk of a tree 

An Indian had raised a club to kill 
him. 

All at once a little Indian girl came 
rushing up to them. 

She threw her arms around Smith's 

neck. 

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She was the daughter of the Chief. 

She was very beautiful. 

Her name was Pocahontas. 

Pocahontas begged her father to 
spare Smith's life. 

It was strange, but the Chief lis- 
tened to the child. 

He let Smith go back to Jamestown. 

After a time a young Englishman, 
named John Rolfe, married Pocahontas. 

He took her to his home in England. 

They were coming back to make a 
home in America. 

Pocahontas did not seem well in 
England. 



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The change from her free forest 
home was not good for her. 

Before they could come back she 
died. 

She left a baby boy, who was very 
handsome. 

John Rolfe took him to America. 

Some old Virginia families are 
descendants of this boy. 



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PILGRIMS' MONUMENT, PLYMOUTH. 



LESSON XIII. 

The next colony settled on the 
coast of Massachusetts. 

I will tell you who the men and 
women were who came here. 

They were good people from 
England. 

There were one hundred of them. 

They wanted to leave England so 
that they could worship God in their 
own way. 



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The people were called Pilgrims. 

They were also called Separatists, 
because they separated from the 
Church of England. 

They would not allow any music in 
their churches, nor have the old 
church service. 

They dressed very plainly, and wore 
their hair short. 

The English people made fun of 
them. 

They called them unkind names. 

So these people were not happy 
in their English homes. 



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At last they could bear this treat- 
ment no longer. 

They left and went to Holland. 

They were quite happy there, but 
they wanted a country of their own. 

They wanted to come here to the 
"new world." 

The Pilgrims were full of courage. 

They started with two vessels. 

I think they were very brave. 

This was an unknown world to them. 

One vessel had to go back. 

It was not strong enough to go so far. 

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The other ship was named the 

Mayflower. 




MONUMENT ON PLYMOUTH ROCK, PLYMOUTH. 



LESSON XIV. 

The Pilgrims sailed from Southamp- 
ton, in England. 

They finally reached our bleak New 
England coast. 

It was winter and very cold. 

They sailed into Plymouth bay and 
cast anchor in the harbor. 

They stepped from their boat on to 
a large rock. 

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It is called Plymouth Rock even 
now. 

Perhaps you will see it some day. 

They landed on the 21st of Decem- 
ber, 1620. 

The first thing the Pilgrims did was 
to build a large house. 

It would hold their things until they 
could build a better one. 

They built a fence, or stockade, all 
around the land they called their 
village. 

They were afraid of the Indians and 
wild beasts. 



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They elected a Governor and signed 
a promise to obey the laws. 

The first Governor was John Carver. 

They soon had some huts to live in. 

Some of the people lived on the 
ship all winter. 

During the winter a great many of 
the Pilgrims died. 

They had a military company. 

The Captain was Miles Standish. 

The Pilgrims sometimes saw the 
Indians. 

They seemed friendly, and one of 
them taught the Pilgrims how to plant 
corn. 



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They did not have corn like ours 
in England. 

When the Mayflower returned to 
England in April, not one of the 
Pilgrims went back. 

They had suffered much, but they 

wanted to stay. 

Read the " Sailing of the Mayflower " in the 
" Courtship of Miles Standish," by Longfellow. 




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MILKS STANDISH'S AUTOGRAPH, SWORD AND DISH. 



LESSON XV. 

In the fall of 162 i, the Pilgrims had 
their first Thanksgiving Day. . 

Their crops had done well. 

They had plenty of corn. 

The Governor thought it was right 
to thank God for these blessings. 

He sent the men out to hunt and 
fish. 

The women baked and cooked until 

all was ready. 

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They invited the Indian Chief, Mas- 
sasoit, and some of his braves to come 
to the feast. 

The people all gathered in the 
church for their Thanksgiving service. 

The snow had just begun to fall. 

After the service they went to have 
their good dinners. 

When the Indians saw all the good 
things the Pilgrims had to eat, they 
were surprised. 

They did not know how to cook so 
well. 

They thought the Great Spirit loved 
his white children best. 




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Massasoit was a friend of the white 
men for a great many years. 

On this Thanksgiving Day the 
Pilgrims had a great deal to be thank- 
ful for. 

They had also a great deal to make 
them sad. 

So many of their dear ones had died! 
and they missed them on this day. 

They had also suffered very much. 

Now things began to look brighter 
to them. 

They were very thankful and happy. 




JOHN ENDICOTT. 



LESSON XVI. 

Now we come to the settlement of 
Salem, Massachusetts. 

The word, Salem, means peace. 
Salem was first called Naumkeag. 
It was then only a little fishing 

village, with very few people. 

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Afterward more settlers came, and 
with them their governor, John Endi- 
cott. 

The first settlers of Salem did not 
wish to obey this new governor. 

They at last came to a pleasant 
understanding. 

They then changed the name of 
Naumkeag to Salem. 

These last people who came to 
Salem were Puritans. 

They were named so in England 
because they wanted to make the ser- 
vices in the Church of England more 
simple. 



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They began to make homes for 
themselves in this new country. 

They brought seeds with them, 
which they planted. 

They began to spin, and weave, and 
make leather from the skins of beasts. 

There were carpenters, bricklayers, 
blacksmiths, millers, tailors, shoe- 
makers and tanners among the men. 

They had learned their trades in 
England. 

The men be^an to work in different 
ways here. 

The settlers were so near the coast 
that they made a business of fishing, too. 



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Within a year they began to build 
ships. 

They started schools for their chil- 
dren, and soon had the beginning of a 
college at Cambridge. 

This is now Harvard College. 




HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 




ROGER WILLIAMS' HOUSE, SALEM, BUILT 1635. 



LESSON XVII. 

The old homes in Salem were homes 
indeed. 

In some of them children were not 
only born, but they lived in them all 

their lives and died there. 

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The working day began at six o'clock 
in summer and seven o'clock in winter. 

In the winter there were large wood 
fires in open fireplaces. 

But the rooms were cold. 

The halls were never heated. 

They did not often have fires in 
their sleeping rooms. 

The water froze in the pitchers. 

People did not mind the cold in 
those days. 

The breakfast was a pleasant meal. 

They had plenty of good johnny- 
cake, drop cakes and griddle cakes. 

There was milk and honey, too, for 
the children. 



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After breakfast the children started 
for school. 

Thev sometimes had to go through 
deep snow-drifts. 

The girls were not allowed to have 
sleds of their own. 

They were called " Tom-boys" if 
they coasted. 

I think they were sometimes tempted 
to try their brothers' sleds. 

I have heard of some girls, who 
coasted down hill on boards. 

It was great fun, too, though hard to 
steer. 



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For dinner, they had pudding first 
and then meat. 

The children had to go back to 
school in the afternoon. 

School began at two o'clock. 

Supper was at six o'clock, and, when 
the table was cleared, the family all 
gathered about it. 

The children studied for a time and 
then played games until bed-time. 

The older ones read and sewed. 

They had apples and cider for a treat. 

Sometimes they had pop-corn and 
made candy, 



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They popped the corn over the hot 
wood ashes. 

The children of Salem were very 
happy in those good old days. 

Some of the old homes are still 
standing, and are very interesting. 

The first church is there, too; the 
key to open the door is very large, but 
the church is very small. 





REBECCA NURSE HOUSE, DANVERS. 

REBECCA NURSE, OCCUPANT OF THIS HOUSE, WAS HANGED CLOSE BY AS A WITCH. 



LESSON XVIII. 

Now we must talk a little about a 
sad time in the history of Salem. 

That was the time when some of 
the people were thought to be witches. 

The excitement began among the 
children. 

In these days we should say that 
children who behaved as they did were 
crazy. 

Then they were said to be bewitched. 

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Some of the children did and said 
strange things. 

At last the people blamed some old 
women for bewitching the children. 

The old women were taken before 
the judge and found guilty. 

They were sentenced to be hung. 

The witches, or women who were 
called witches, were taken up on a hill. 

This place is still called Gallows 
Hill. 

There they were hanged. 

It is sad to think that people could 
be so foolish as to really believe such 
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After a time, not very long either — 
the people began to see that they were 
doing wrong. 

Soon witchcraft became a thing of 
the past. 

No one believed there were such 
things as witches. 

Of course, there never were any. 

The children and the people who 
acted so strangely were sick. 

They should have been put by 
themselves until they were well. 




OLD POWDER HOUSE, MARBLEHEAD. 



LESSON XIX. 

MARBLEHEAD. 

The old town of Marblehead is next 
to Salem, on the coast. 

It was a part of Salem at one time. 

It is a strange old place. 

Most of the houses are old-fashioned, 
and built right on the street. 

The gardens are filled with beautiful 
flowers, even the smallest space being 
gay with them. 



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The streets are crooked and narrow. 

The men of Marblehead were fish- 
ermen in the old days. 

That was their chief business. 

Now there are only a few who do it 
for a living. 

The harbor is a very pretty one. 

A little ferry-boat goes back and 
forth all day in summer to " the Neck." 

It is only a short sail, and after a 
little walk across the point, the grand 
old ocean appears. 

It is a fine, rocky coast, and what 
they call the Churn is most interesting 
to watch. 



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The water rushes way under the 
rocks, and, as it comes back, dashes up 
through an opening like a fountain. 




THE CHURN, MARBLEHEAD. 



If you are not careful you will get a 
good spattering. 

Look out on the blue water. 
What do you see? 



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Some sea-gulls flying about and 
coming very near. 

How graceful they are! 

Just across from us we can see 
Lowell Island. 

That is where the little sick children 
are carried from the hot and dusty city. 

The fresh, pure air must do them 
good. 

Now we will £o back to the little ferry. 

The harbor is full of beautiful yachts. 

Many sail boats go back and forth. 

Devereaux Beach is just across the 
road that joins Marblehead and the 
Neck. 



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A beautiful, long, sandy beach, where 
you could never dream of heat. 




MARBLEHEAD NECK. 



The air is always clear and coo 
Here comes the little boat. 



Let us go on board. 



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What a pleasant little trip we have 
had. 

In the old days Marblehead vessels 
were known in every harbor. 








MARBLEHEAD HARBOR. 



The sailors, or fishermen, were very 
daring. 

Now the business of the people is 



the making of shoes and farming. 



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It seems strange to see electric cars 
in these narrow, old streets. 

The town is slow to make any 
changes. 

It is a loyal old town. 

It was one of the first to send men 
to help in the war of the Revolution. 

Some of her best men gave their 
lives for their country. 

The old Lee house of Marblehead 
is quite famous. 

Washington and Lafayette were 
both entertained there. 

It is now used for stores and banks. 



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There is an old house here, said to 
have been built in 1720. 

It must have been well built to have 
stood so long. 

It must be very old-fashioned inside. 

I suppose if we went in we should 
find large, open fireplaces. 

Life in the old days was so different, 
and yet it must have been a very 
happy one. 





GEORGE FOX. 



LESSON XX. 

THE QUAKERS. 

Now we come to the Ouakers. 

They were different from either the 
Pilgrims or Puritans. 

George Fox was their leader. 

The people who believed as he did 
were called Ouakers. 



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They thought it was better to have 
no minister. 

On Sunday they met in their 
churches. 

They sat and thought of holy things. 

If anyone felt moved to speak he did 
so. 

Sometimes the people sat through 
the time of service without speaking a 
word. 

The men sat by themselves. 

They kept their broad, flat hats on 
their heads. 

They all dressed very plainly. 

The Quakers did not wish to dress 



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better than those who were poorer. 

They did not believe in war. 

They thought everyone should do 
what was right, as God might tell him. 

Then there would be no need of 
cruel war. 

The men would not lift their hats to 
any one. 

They called everyone by their first 
name. 

They said u thee" and "thou" in- 
stead of u you." 

They were quiet, peaceable people. 

People in England did not like the 
Quakers. 




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At last they were treated so badly 
they came to America. 

William Perm, the son of a wealthy 
Englishman, joined the Quakers. 

He dressed as they did, and at last 
came to this country with them. 

The Puritans were not very kind to 
the Ouakers. 

They treated them very cruelly. 

It seems strange to us that they 
should. 

They had had so much trouble 
themselves in England. 

They wanted everyone to think as 
they did. 




WILLIAM L'KNN'S HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA. 



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This was not kind or right. 

William Penn went with some of the 
Quakers to what is now Philadelphia. 

He bought a laroe tract of land. 

He sold some of it to those who 
wanted to join him there. 

They formed another colony. 

William Penn was chosen governor. 

They were very kind to the Indians. 

They were friends for sixty years. 

The Indians of this tribe were the 
Delawares of Lenni Lenape. 

The colony grew, and new towns 
were started. 

William Penn died in 1701. 



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MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



LESSON XXI. 

THE DUTCH IN NEW YORK. 

About this time the people of the 
Netherlands became free from the 
Spaniards. 

They had a long war. 

It lasted forty years. 

The Dutch were a fearless people. 

They did most of their fighting on 
the sea. 

Some of their ships had been to 
America. 

They traded with China and other 
countries. 



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They wanted to find a shorter way 
to go to these countries. 

They had to go way around the 
Cape of Good Hope. 

Look on the map and see what a 
long journey it is. 

They thought they could find a 
shorter way by going through or 
around North America. 

Henry Hudson, an Englishman, 
said he would try to find such a pas- 
sage for them. 

He sailed in a ship named the Half 
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He sailed along the American coast 
and discovered Delaware Bay. 

He did not wish to stay there, so he 
sailed to the North until he came to 
the lower bay of New York. 

This was in September, 1609. 

He stayed here for some time. 

One day as he coasted along the 
bay he saw the mouth of a large river. 

He sailed up the river for some 
distance. 

He thought this might be the pas- 
sage he was looking for. 

He soon found it was only a river, 
and so turned back. 




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The Indians called the river Maur- 
itius. 

It was afterward called Hudson 
River, after Henry Hudson who found 
it. 

On this trip Hudson's men saw 
some Indians. 

Some were friendly but some tried 
to steal from them. 

One of the sailors was shot by an 
Indian and died. 

Hudson returned to England, and 
sent a report of his voyage to Holland. 

The country discovered bv Hudson 
was called New Netherlands. 



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The name was afterward changed to 
New York. 

Some merchants from Holland 
sent over ships to trade with the 
natives. 

The Spaniards would not allow 
them to make a settlement. 

They claimed the whole of North 
America. 

In 1626, a companv from Holland 
bought Manhattan Island. 

They gave only twenty-five dollars 
for it. 

It is now New York City. 



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Soon some farmers and carpenters 
and others came to this new country. 

They brought their families with 
them. 

They, also, came from Holland. 



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^W YORK 




VIEW OF NEW YORK FROM AN OLD PRINT. 




SCENE IN HOLLAND. 




LESSON XXII. 

These Hollanders arrived in May, 
1630. 

A little pleasanter season it was than 
when the poor Pilgrims came. 

The weather was warm and spring- 
like. 

When they had landed they were 
given farms, tools, cows, oxen, and 
horses. 

It did not take them long" to settle 

down and to feel quite at home. 

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Soon, more people came, and more 
lands were bought and given them 

One of the first families to come was 
the Van Rensaelers. 




OLD DUTCH COTTAGE, N. Y., 1 679. 



They are still known in New York. 

The Indians did not trouble the 

Dutch at first, as they did the Pilgrims. 



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And these Dutch had not nearly so 
hard a time as the Pilgrims. 

The Dutch helped to make a large 
part of the country what it is. 

They opened public schools. 

In their old home every child went 
to school. 

Nearly every one could read and 
write. 

The children were not brought up 
so strictly as the little Pilgrims and 
Puritans. 

They were allowed more freedom. 

The Hollanders believed that every 
one should worship God as he chose. 




OLD DUTCH HOUSE. 




INDIAN TRADERS. 



LESSON XXIII. 

THE DUTCH IN NEW YORK. PART II. 

The Dutch kept up their fondness 
for the sea in their new home. 

They built small ships. 

They sailed along the coast, from 
Maine to the West Indies. 



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They traded with the natives. 

They bought furs and other things 
of the Indians. 

The Dutch taught the Pilgrims the 
use of the Indian money. 

This was called "wampum," as we 
learned before. 

Dutch was the language spoken by 
the Hollanders. 

The houses were built of brick like 
those in their own country. 

The Dutch house-wives were very 
neat. 

They kept everything scoured and 
bright. 



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It would be hard to find any dirt in 
their homes. 

They had tiles around their large 
fireplaces. 

The women wove their own linen, 
and had piles of it in big chests of 
drawers. 

They had a good many pewter and 
old-fashioned silver and china dishes. 

They enjoyed life and were fond of 
having company. 

After a time, the English tried to get 
possession of New Netherlands. 

This caused another war with 
Holland. 



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The Pilgrims, being an English 
colony, assisted the English and fought 
against the Dutch. 

The Dutch could not resist. 

The English took possession of the 
country in the name of their King. 

Then the name, New Netherlands, 
was changed to New York. 




LESSON XXIV. 

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 
There had been several wars between 



France and England. 



Each was anxious to own the 

most land in America. 

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Some Indians joined the French and 
some the Fnglish. 

Braddock was one of the English 
generals. 

George Washington was one of his 
staff. 

We shall learn about him later. 

The English had driven the French 
from Acadia. 

Acadia is now called Nova Scotia. 

The French had large farms there. 

Some of the Acadians were peace- 
able people. 

Thev did not want to fieht. 



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Was it not too had to drive them 
from their homes? 




GENERAL WOLFE. 
(From the Portrait by Sir Benjamin West in the British Museum.) 



One of the first battles was at Lake 
George, New York. 

This is a very beautiful lake. 

This battle was won bv the French. 



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The last battle was won by the 
English. 

The French had to have their sup- 
plies and men sent from France. 




WILLIAM PITT. 



Can you think of some of the things 
soldiers would need? 

Then you will know what 4k supplies" 
means. 




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This took a long time. 

The English had at this time a new 
minister. 

This was William Pitt. 

He knew what was needed in 
America. 

The English had also a brave 
young officer, General James Wolfe. 

His soldiers were very fond of him. 

He was not very strong. 

Montcalm led the French soldiers. 

General Wolfe made an attack upon 
Quebec. 

Just before the battle ended, both 
generals were wounded. 



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The war was oxer soon after. 

France gave up to the English all of 
Canada. 

The Indians, too, signed a treaty of 
peace. 




DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE. 




GEORGE WASHINGTON. 




SITE OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE. 



LESSON XXV. 

LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

George Washington was born in 
Virginia, February, 22, 1732. 

His home was on the banks of the 
Potomac River. 

Not long after he was born the 
house was burned. 

The family then moved to Stafford 
County, on the banks of the Rappa- 



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WASHINGTON'S EARLY HOME NEAR FREDERICKSBURG. 

The house was a large, old-fashioned 
one; and here the family dived for 
many years. 

When George Washington was old 



enough he went to a small school 



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He learned to read, write and 
cipher. 

The teacher's name was Hobby. 




Washington's book-mark 



The copy and exercise books of 
most boys are destroyed. 

They do not care to keep them. 



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Those of Washington have been 
kept, and are very interesting. 

The handwriting in them is round, 
and the lines are smooth and even. 

There are receipts and bills and 
other things. 

The careful habits he then formed 
helped him, when he was a man, to do 
the work he found waiting for him. 

He had to copy some long rules for 
behavior. 

Children were brought up very 
strictly in those days. 

Washington was a manly boy. 



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He tried hard to learn all he could 
and to be attentive to his lessons. 

He was very fond of his mother, and 
she had great influence over him. 

His father died when he was very 
young. 

Mrs. Washington had all the care 
of the farm and the children. 

She was very fond of horses, and 
had some fine ones. 

There were several young colts in 
the field. 

They had never been trained. 

One of them was very wild. 



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George Washington wanted to try 
to ride him. 

He told his playmates that, if they 
would help him catch the colt, he 
would tame him. 

They went to the pasture. 

After a long time, they caught the 
colt and put a "bit" in his mouth. 

Do you know what a "bit" is? 

Washington jumped on his back. 

This made the colt very angry. 

He jumped, and kicked, and tried 
to throw him off. 

He ran across the field, got up on 
his hind lees and backed. 



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Washington did not fall off. 

The boys were very much frightened, 
and did not know what to do. 

The colt gave one high jump into 
the air. 

What do you think happened? 

The beautiful horse fell, dead. 

He jumped so high it killed him. 

The boys did not know what to 
do. 

Just then they were called to break- 
fast. 




WASHINGTON AND HIS MOTHER. 



LESSON XXVI. 

Washington's mother had seen the 
boys in the field, and so she asked 
them how her favorite colt was getting 
along. 

They kept very still for a few 
moments and looked at each other. 

They did not like to speak. 

Soon Washington said, "The Sorrel 
is dead, Madam; I killed him." Then 

he told his mother all about it. 

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At first she was angry, for she had 
a quick temper. 

She soon controlled herself and said, 
44 Of course, I am very sorry to lose my 
little favorite, but I am glad my son is 
manly enough to tell the truth. This 
makes me very happy." 

George Washington had a quick 
temper like his mother, but he learned 
to control it. 

He was fond of out-door games, and 
was a favorite with his playmates. 

He was generous and fair in his 
judgments. 



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The boys he played with knew this, 
and so they often asked him to settle 
their quarrels. 

King George's war broke out when 
he was a boy. 

He formed a small military company 
and drilled the boys. 

His brother, Lawrence, was a soldier, 
and George heard many stories of the 
war. 

When he was fifteen he wanted to 
be a soldier, but he was too young. 

Then he wanted to go into the 
Navy as a midshipman, but his mother 
would not let him leave her. 



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He was so fond of his mother that 
he gave it all up, and went back to 
school and studied surveying. 

When he was sixteen he was asked 
by Lord Fairfax, a gentleman who 
lived near, to survey his estate. 

His friend, George William Fairfax, 
went with him. 

They were gone five or six weeks, 
and had a hard time. 

They had to wade knee-deep through 
water sometimes. 

One day they met a party of 
Indians. 



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There were about thirty of them. 

But Washington finished his work 
successfully. 

It was in doing this work for Lord 
Fairfax that his public life began. 




HOUSE IN DANVERS WHERE THE "BOSTON TEA PARTY' 
HAVE BEEN TALKED OVER. 



PLOT IS SAID TO 




LESSON XXVII. 

I am sure you remember about 
the French and Indian War. 

Now I am going to tell you about a 
dreadful war between the Americans 
and the English. 

It was called the Revolutionary 
War. 

The French and Indian War cost 

the English a great deal of money. 

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They wanted to do something to get 
this money back. 

They began to tax the people in 




READING THE STAMP ACT, 



America for everything they bought in 
England. 

The Americans felt that they had 
helped England enough in that war. 



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They were beginning to feel more 
independent. 

They wanted to govern themselves. 

They did not like to obey the king 
in everything. 

The English soldiers were in Boston, 
and thev had to be taken care of. 

This the people did not like. 

They also had to pay a tax on tea, 
and so they said they would not drink 
tea. 

Some tea ships were at a wharf in 
Boston loaded with tea. 

Some young men dressed them- 
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They set up a great war-whoop. 

They went on board the ships and 
threw the tea into Boston harbor. 

The king did not like this. 

He refused to let any ship unload its 
goods in Boston. 

He wanted the people to pay for the 
tea and say they were sorry. 

The other colonists helped the 
people of Boston. 

They sent them money and food. 

Soon military companies were 
formed, and the people began to get 
ready for war. 







GENERAL GAGE. 



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They would stand up for their rights 
in this new country. 

General Gage commanded the 
English soldiers. 






NORTH BRIDGE, SALEM. 



He thought there were cannon 
hidden by the Americans in Salem, 
Massachusetts. 



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He sent Colonel Leslie to see if he 
could find them. 

The people, when they heard they 
were coming, gathered near the old 
North Bridge on North Street, Salem. 

When the soldiers came to the 
bridge the people would not let them 
pass. 

It was a draw-bridge, and they 
pulled it up. 

Colonel Timothy Pickering was in 
command of the men on the American 
side. 

The soldiers had to go back without 
capturing the cannon. 




PURSUIT OF PAUL REVERE. 




LESSON XXVII. 

The Americans had some more can- 
non hidden in Concord, Massachusetts. 

General Gage found out that they 
were there. 

He was croin^ to send his men at 
night to get them. 

The Americans found this out, too. 

They sent messengers from Boston 
to warn the people. 

One of them was Paul Revere. 



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He rode very fast and spread the 
alarm. 

The Americans, called " minute" 
men, were ready for them again. 

They left their farms, and took 
their guns with them. 

They were not afraid of the English 
soldiers. 

They wanted a free country and 
were ready to fight for it. 

The soldiers came to the bridge in 
Concord. 

The minute men fired upon them. 

Soon the English began to go back. 



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They carried their wounded with 
them. 

The Americans won this battle. 

The farmer soldiers followed the 
English " red-coats" all the way to 
Boston. 

They kept shooting at them, until the 
English were safe under the shelter of 
the cannon of their ships. 

I think the farmers were very brave, 
don't you? 

The American soldiers needed a 
commander, however, and so they chose 
George Washington. 



STATUE TO THE CONCORD MINUTE MEN, 




LESSON XXVIII. 

Washington was made commander- 
in-chief of the American Army, June 

!5> J 775- 

He accepted the office but would 

take no pay. 

He would give his services to his 
country. 

He did not even have time to say 

good-by to his wife. 

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He did not know when he should 
see her again. 

He started at once for Cambridge, 
Massachusetts. 




LONGFELLOW HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE. 



When he got to Cambridge and 
drew near the common, cannon were 
fired to welcome him. 




UNDER THIS TREE WASHINGTON FIRST TOOK COMMAND OF THE 
AMERICAN ARMY, JULY 3D 1 775-" 




WASHINGTON ON HORSEBACK. 



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He had his headquarters in the 
house that the Poet Longfellow after- 
ward lived in. 

The next day Washington rode to 
the Common. 

He sat on his horse under a large 
elm tree. 

The tree is still standing. 

If you go to Cambridge some day 
you can see it. 

It was a warm summer morning. 

The officers were glad of the shade 
of this famous tree. 

Washington drew his sword from 



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the scabbard and raised it in the sight 
of the large crowd of people. 

The cannon roared and the people 
shouted. 

In this way Washington took com- 
mand of the Army. 

The war lasted seven years and 
was very hard for every one. 

There was great rejoicing when the 
war was over. The Americans won. 

It was a sorrowful moment when 
Washington said good-by to his 
officers, who stood by him through 
so many years. 




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He shook hands with each one of 
them. 

The tears were in his eyes as he 
drew these friends to him and kissed 
them. 

They could not speak a word. 

Washington then got into a boat 
that was waiting for him, and waved 
his hat as he left them. 

He went to Philadelphia and gave 
up his papers. 

He was no more a soldier. 

He went to his home at Mount 
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How glad his wife and family were 
to see him! 

How would you like to be separated 
from your papa for seven years? 

That is a long, long time 

After he had lived quietly at home 
for some time, he was chosen President 
of the United States. 

He was fifty-seven years old 

He was made President on April 
30, 1789. 

This was better than being in the 
army, for he could have his family with 
him. 



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It was also a great honor that the 
people had shown him. 

He was President eight years. 




WASHINGTON ON HIS DEATH BED. 



He then went back to Mt. Vernon 
for the second time. 

He was tired of this public life. 



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He was fond of his home and liked 
to ride about his plantation. 

One day while he was riding he 
was caught in the rain. 

He took a bad cold and soon grew 
very ill. 
• He died December 14, 1799. 




WASHINGTON'S BED CHAMBER AT MOUNT VERNON. 




LOADING A COTTON STEAMER. 




LESSON XXVIII. 

This new country was growing 
larger all the time. 

New States were being added to the 
Union. 

People were going farther and 
farther West. 

The Indians were being driven 
farther from the coast. 

The people raised large quantities of 
cotton. 



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The cotton had all been sent to 
England. 

Now the Americans began to make 
factories of their own. 

The machines used at that time 
were very roughly made. 

A great deal of the work had to be 
done by hand. 

This took a long time. 

Each year improvements were made. 

The first good machine for spinning- 
cotton yarn in America was made in 
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1790. 

Just a little later than this we had 
another war with England. 



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This was called the war of 1812. 

England kept seizing our vessels 
and men. 

They took our sailors and put them 
on their ships. 

This we could not endure any 
longer. 

The Indians joined the British in 
this war. 

The Americans had only twenty 
ships of war. 

The British had more than a 
thousand ships. 

The American sailors were very 



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brave and fought for their own and 
their country's rights. 

This war lasted two years and the 
Americans were again victorious, 

America was now independent of 
England. 




ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



LESSON XXIX. 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 

Abraham Lincoln's grandfather and 
grandmother were Southerners, and 
also Quakers. 

Their home was in Rockingham 
County, Virginia. 

Abraham Lincoln, their grandfather, 
was a neighbor and friend of Daniel 
Boone. 



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DANIEL BOONE. 



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Daniel Boone was one of the first 
persons to go into the far West. 

He went to Kentucky. 

Soon after he went there he asked 
Abraham Lincoln to go out there, too. 

He started with his wife and five 
children. 

He bought about four hundred 
acres of land. 

A farm was cleared by cutting down 
trees. 

A cabin was built to live in. 

It was made of logs fastened with 
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It had only one room, and it was 
about sixteen feet square. 

Measure sixteen feet, and then you 
will know how large it was. 

They lived almost like the Indians. 

They dressed in skins of animals 
that they had killed. 

The women wove linen and cotton 
for some of their clothing. 

They lived on game, fish and 
Indian meal. 

They had to pound the corn into 
meal themselves, and it was very 
coarse. 



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The people suffered much from cold. 

The Indians were all about them, 
and they never felt very safe. 

The men did not know, when they 
went off in the morning, in what 
condition they would find their homes 
when they came back. 

Their cabins might have been burned 
by the Indians, and their families have 
been killed or taken prisoners. 




INDIANS KUNN1NC AWAY AFTER A MASSACRE 



LESSON XXX. 

One day Abraham Lincoln went to 
the edge of his land. 

He was going to chop up some 
wood. 

Three of his boys were with him. 

Soon a shot was fired from the 
bushes. 

An Indian had killed the boys' 
father. 

One of the boys ran to the cabin 
and got a gun. 



190 Stories of the United States. 

He saw an Indian stooping over his 
little brother. 

He aimed at the Indian and killed 
him. 

One of the other boys had run for 
help near by. 

When he £ot back with some men 
the Indians ran away. 

There were more of them in the 
bushes. 

Mrs. Lincoln soon moved to Wash- 
ington County. 

She did not want to stay in this 
lonely place without her husband. 



Stories of the United States. 191 

One of the boys was named 
Thomas. 

He was a carpenter when he grew 
up. 

He married Miss Nancy Hanks, 
June 1 2, 1 806. 

The Hanks family went to Kentucky 
from Virginia with the Lincolns. 

Nancy could read and write. 

This was a wonderful thing in those 
days. 

Very few people among her friends 
could do so. 

She taught her husband to write 
his name. 







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BIRTHPLACE OF LINCOLN. 



Stories of the United Sttxtes. 193 

They went to live on a little farm in 
Kentucky. 

They were very poor and had hard 
work to make a living. 

Here on the i 2th of February, i 809, 
little Abraham Lincoln was born, 

He was to be our President. 

He was named for his grandfather. 

His father and mother did not know 
then what a great man he would be. 

He was only a little, helpless baby. 

Very little is known of his childhood. 

He played in the woods and caught 
fish in the creek near his home. 



94 Stories of the United States. 

He had to work hard when he was 



old enough 



He never liked to talk about these 
days. 

He went to school with his sister 
Sarah. 

The schools were not good ones and 
he learned little more than his letters. 

What would he think if he could go 
to school in these days? 

He did not have the beautiful 
picture books and toys that you have. 

If he had had them, he would have 
been very happy. 



LESSON XXXI. 

Little Abraham was anxious to 
learn, and he loved to read. 

About this time his father went to 
Indiana. 

Mr. Lincoln built a raft to carry his 
tools and other things. 

He soon found some land he liked. 

He left his tools with some men who 
lived there. 

He crossed the river on the raft. 

Then he walked back to get his 
family. 



195 



196 Stories of the United States. 

They did not have much furniture to 
move. 

Mr. Lincoln soon built a new 
cabin. 

He planted corn, so that they might 
have something to eat. 

He shot deer, which they used for 
food. 

The skin they made into clothes and 
shoes. 

Poor little Abraham had to climb 
up into a loft at night to sleep. 

His bed was made of leaves. 

About this time his mother died. 



Stories of the United States. 197 

Little Abe and his sister missed her 
very much. 

About a year afterward their father 
married a Mrs. Johnston. 

She had three children, — a boy and 
two girls. 

She was very kind to Abraham and 
Sarah. 

She made them some warm clothes. 

Soon she had the cabin put in order. 

Doors and windows were put in, and 
some beds that Mrs. Johnston had 
brought, were put up for the children. 

Whenever they could get a teacher 
the children went to school 



198 Stories of the United States. 

The school-house was a little deserted 
cabin. 

It was four and a half miles from 
where the Lincolns lived. 

When Abraham Lincoln got through 
with his work he would study. 

He could not get many books. 

When he did get one he read it 
through and through. 

" Robinson Crusoe" was one of the 
books he read, and also the " Life of 
Washington." 

He read them so many times he 
knew them bv heart. 



Stories of the United States. 199 

Sometimes he did his problems on a 
shovel by the light of the fire. 

Abraham Lincoln was very kind- 
hearted. 



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LINCOLN'S FIRST HOUSE TN ILLINOIS. 



He never liked to see anv one hurt 
an animal. 

His mother said he always did 
pleasantly what she asked him to do. 

He was never cross or unkind. 



200 Stories of the United States. 

In 1830, the Lincolns moved to 
Macon County, Illinois. 

Soon after this, Abraham Lincoln 
went with a load of goods to New 
Orleans. 

On this trip he saw some negro 
slaves whipped. 

It made him feel very badly. 

He never forgot it, and was the 
friend of the slaves after that. 

He did all he could to help them. 

The first slaves were brought to 
this country from Africa. 

They were carried to Jamestown, 
Virginia. 



Stories of the United Stales. 201 

The first cargo was brought the same 
year the Pilgrims came to Plymouth. 




SLAVES BEING SOLD AT AUCTION. 



They were brought on a Dutch 
ship. 

There soon began to be trouble 
about the slaves. 




SLAVES ON A PLANTATION. 



Stories of the United States. 203 

The people of the South wished to 
buy and sell them. 

They thought it was right to do so. 

Some men owned a great many 
slaves. 

They made good servants and 
helped on the cotton plantations. 

Some of them were very valuable. 

It was hard for the poor slaves to 
be sold. 

They had to go away from their 
families and friends. 

Sometimes they never saw them 
again. 



204 Stories of the United States. 

After a time, the people of the 
North did not believe that it was right 
to own slaves. 

So the country became divided into 
two parties. 

One party believed in slavery and 
the other did not. 



LESSON XXXII. 

When Lincoln grew to be a man he 
became a lawyer. 

After a time, as he became known, 
the men of the West wanted him to go 
to Washington as Senator. 

Now, as I told you, the country was 
divided between two parties. 

It was now time for the country to 
choose a new President. 

Abraham Lincoln was chosen. 

He was a wise and just man. 



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JEFFERSON DAVIS. 



Stories of the United States. 207 

He was made President March 4, 
1 86 1. 

But the people of the South decided 
to have a President of their own, so 
that they could do as they thought best. 

They chose Jefferson Davis, a 
wealthy Southerner, for their President. 

It was a hard time for President 
Lincoln to try to take charge of the 

whole country. 

j 

Kvervthin^ was in confusion. 
There was very little money to use. 
There were very few soldiers ready. 
The war ships were scattered in 
different countries. 



2o8 Stories of the United States. 

Fort Sumter in South Carolina was 
at this time in command of Major 




PLAN OF CHARLESTON (FROM AN OLD PRINT.) 



Robert Anderson of the United States 
Army. 

This fort was in Charleston harbor. 



Stories of the United State. 



209 



Major Anderson was ordered by 
the Southerners to give up the fort. 
The President refused to let it be 




FORT SUMTER IN RUINS. 



given up, and sent supplies to Major 
Anderson. 

Then General Beauregard, of the 




GENERAL WIN FJ ELD SCOTT. 



Stories of the United States. .211 

Southern Army, began to fire on the 
fort. 

The attack was made April 12, 1861. 

The battle lasted thirty hours. 

No one was hurt or killed on either 
side. 

Major Anderson's supplies gave out, 
and he had to surrender. 

This was hard for him and his 
soldiers. 

They took down the United States 
flag and came out of the fort. 

Then President Lincoln called for 
seventy-five thousand soldiers. 




GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. 



Stories of the United States. 2 i 3 

They came at once, from all over the 
country, to help him. 

The war between the North and 
South now began in earnest. 

Jefferson Davis called for some men, 
too. 

Richmond became the Southern 
capital, but Washington remained the 
capital of the United States. 

General Scott was commander-in- 
chief of the troops at the North. 

He was such an old man, although 
a brave general, that he soon retired. 

General George B. McClellan was 
then chosen to take his place. 



214 Stories of the United States. 

Later, General Grant became com- 
mander-in-chief of the Northern 
Armies. 

It was a long and very hard war. 

It lasted four years. 

Many men left their families and 
never returned to them again. 

Many were wounded or injured for 
life. 

Mothers sent their sons, and felt glad 
to have them old enough to serve their 
country. 

But it was hard to let them go. 

They went off with flying colors and 
drums beating, but how few returned ! 



Stories of the United States. 2 I 5 

When we see the soldiers on 
Memorial Day, we must think of these 




HOUSE WHERE GENERAL LEE SURRENDERED. 

brave ones who gave their lives for 
their country. 

We will not follow the soldiers 



through this long war now. 



216 Stories of the United States. 

That you can read and study about 
later. 

There were many battles and much 
suffering on both sides before the end 
came. 

At last, on the 9th of April, 1865, 
General Lee, the Southern general, 
gave up to General Grant. 

Nearly every one was happy to 
know that the war was over. 

President Lincoln had felt very sorry 
to have this war. 

He how ordered a day of Thanks- 
giving. 



Stories of the United States. 



217 



Major Anderson went to Fort 
Sumter, and again put up the flag that 
he had to take down at the bemnnino- 
of the war. 




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GENERAL LEE'S FAREWELL TO HIS SOLDIERS. 



LESSON XXXIII 

Just as every one was so happy, a 
terrible thing happened. 

President Lincoln went to the 
theatre in Washington with some 
friends. 

All at once a man, named Booth, 
stole into his private box and shot 
him. 

President Lincoln died very soon 
after. 

This changed the feeling of joy to 
one of sadness. 



218 



Stories of the I T nited States, 



219 



The people loved Lincoln. 
He had been the friend of the 
people, black and white. 




ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 



He was kind to every one. 
The soldiers all went to their 
homes. 



220 Stories of the United States. 

It was sad to see them coming home, 
with their torn flags flying and with 
such broken ranks. 

And yet people were glad to see 
them and to hear the stories of the war. 

Some of them had been prisoners in 
Southern prisons. 

All had suffered, but were glad to 
have peace at last 

Now we come to the' end of our 
little History of the United States. 

I hope the stories you have learned 
here will make you interested to learn 
more about your country. 



Stories of the United States. 221 

That you will be ready to protect it 
as these brave men did, if you ever 
need to. 

That you will be true to your Hag 
and all that it means. 



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